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Below, you will find information on the nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile facilities of the countries profiled on the NTI website, including in most cases, the locations on an interactive Google map. To view facilities by country, visit the country profile. Since definitive information is often classified, the descriptions and mapped locations of these facilities are sometimes speculative, based on the most credible available open-source material. This material was prepared for the NTI site by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Location: July 7th Complex (7월7일연합기업소), in a mountainous village north of Ŭndŏk-kun, south of Songhak-ri (송학리), Songnimgol (송림골), Ŭndŏk-ŭp (은덕읍), Ŭndŏk-kun (은덕군), North Hamgyŏng Province (함경북도), North Korea

Location: Pyongyang (평양시) area, North Korea. Sources report that this facility is in "San'ŭm-ri (山陰里)," but "San'ŭm-ri" is not found on modern maps. One possibility is that "San'ŭm-ri" is a reference to an old name during the Japanese colonial period that no longer exists. There were two places called "San'ŭm-ri" in Yŏkp'o-kuyŏk and "Sun'an-kuyŏk" of present day Pyongyang.

Location: Daegwan-gun (대관군), North Pyeongan Province (평안북도), North Korea. Note: The facility is located underneath Mt. Cheonma that rises 1,116 meters above sea level. It is 40km to the southwest of Daegwan-eup, Daegwan-gun, and 30km to the northwest of Geumchang-ri. No one reportedly lives within 10km of the facility. [1]

Location: Area around Gaphyundong (갑현동), Huicheon (희천시), Jagang Province (자강도), North Korea. Note: Hagap (하갑), Nammyeon (남면), Huicheon-gun (희천군), North Pyeongan Province is an old administrative name for Gaphyeondong. In 1949, Huicheon-gun became part of Jagang Province, which was formed from part of North Pyeongan Province. Huicheon is now a city.

Location: Najin-kuyŏk (나진구역), special administrative city of Nasŏn (나선직할시), North Hamgyŏng Province (함경북도), North Korea*
*Note: Najin-kuyŏk was formerly the "City of Najin (나진시)," but is now part of the special administrative city of Nasŏn.

Location: Sŏngbong-kun (선봉군), special administrative city of Nasŏn (나선직할시), North Hamgyŏng Province (함경북도), North Korea*
*Note: Unggi-kun is an old name for Sŏnbong-kun, which is now a district in Nasŏn.

Location: Daegwan-gun (대관군), North Pyeongan Province (평안북도), North Korea. Note: The facility is located underneath Mt. Cheonma that rises 1,116 meters above sea level. It is 40km to the southwest of Daegwan-eup, Daegwan-gun, and 30km to the northwest of Geumchang-ri. No one reportedly lives within 10km of the facility. [1]

Location: Located near the 50 MWe Nuclear reactor and the Radiochemistry Laboratory, northeast of the Declared Waste Site, in Bungang-jigu (분강지구), Yongbyon-gun (영변군), North Pyeongan Province (평안북도), North Korea

Location: Hwajin-ri (화진리), P'yŏngwŏn-kun (평원군), South P'yŏng'an Province (평안남도), North Korea [Note: some South Korean references use an alternative Chinese character (花進里) for this location; however, the pronunciation is the same].

Location: According to defector Im Yong Son, Mt. Ganggamchan (Mt. Kanggamchan) is located on the opposite side of the Kanepo Fisheries Cooperatives in Jeungsan-gun (증산군), South Pyeongan Province (평안남도) [Note: The location has not been confirmed.]

Location: Between Kungmangbong (국망봉) and Mujungbong (무중봉), Yŏngjŏ-ri (영저리), Kimhyŏngjik-kun (김형직군), Yanggang Province (양강도), North Korea, about 20km from the Chinese border [Note: "Yŏngjŏ-ri" is often misidentified as "Yŏngjŏ-dong (영저동)" but the actual administrative unit is a "ri (리)."]

Location: Northwestern part of Pyongyang. There are conflicting reports on the location of this facility. Some reports place the factory in Chung'i-dong (중이동), Yongsŏng-kuyŏk (용성구역), Pyongyang, and others place it in Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk (형제산구역), Pyongyang. Yongsŏng-kuyŏk and Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk are adjacent to each other, and Chung'i-dong is right next to Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk, which could be the cause for confusion. The South Korean Ministry of Unification reports that the factory is in "Chunggye-dong" (중계동), Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk, Pyongyang, but apparently there is no "Chunggye-dong" in Hyŏngjesan-kuyŏk. There is a "Ch'ŏnggye-dong," which is nearby, but in Yongsŏng-kuyŏk.

Biological-Regulatory

Location: One source reports the headquarters are located on Zartosht Street in Teheran. Reports published in Russia, apparently based on information developed by the Russian Federal Security Service, claim the organization is located at the Gostaresh Research Center northeast of Tehran.